Own Your Crypto

How does Bitcoin impact the environment? This Earth Day, we take a look at Bitcoin's footprint, efforts around sustainable mining practices through the use of clean energy, and opportunities to monetize stranded gas. The Own Your Crypto show is hosted by Elizabeth Olson, Head of Growth at Xverse, the most advanced Bitcoin Web3 wallet. The show features special episode guests Brad Van Voorhees and Elliot David, co-founders of the Sustainable Bitcoin Protocol, as well as Charlie Spears, a strategist at Nakamotor Partners and Owner of Oilfield Logix, and communications and marketing specialist, Isabel Foxen Duke.

Say goodbye to custodial Bitcoin escrow services. Xverse is partnering with DLC.Link to offer "self-wrapped" native Bitcoin. DLC.link uses Discreet Log Contracts (DLCs) to enable Bitcoin DeFi, making it possible to have non-custodial escrow functionality. With enhanced security measures in place, DLC’s minimize online attacks and eliminate central points of failure, anchored on the Bitcoin base layer. The Own Your Crypto show is hosted by Elizabeth Olson joined by Ken Liao & Jan Smejkal from Xverse, the most advanced Web3 Bitcoin wallet, with special episode guests Aki Balogh, and Jesse Eisenberg, Co-Founders of DLC.Link.

There’s been a lot of buzz in the NFT community around a new form of NFTs: Ordinals. Ordinal Theory unlocks the ability to inscribe satoshis (individual units of Bitcoin) with unique images, music, videos, text and more directly on the Bitcoin base layer. Xverse has since enabled Ordinals in the app and browser extension, enabling anyone to seamlessly inscribe ordinals using an inscription service. The Own Your Crypto show is hosted by Elizabeth Olson joined by Ken Liao from Xverse, the most advanced Web3 Bitcoin wallet, with special episode guests Jan Smejkal and Jamil Dhanani, Co-Founder of Gamma, a Bitcoin NFT marketplace and home for the world’s Web3 social identity.

Early in December 2022, Apple allegedly requested a 30% NFT network fee from Coinbase, strong-arming the crypto exchange into disabling the NFT transfer function on its iOS wallet app. Big tech corps inserting themselves into transactions between consumers without adding any real value runs counter to the ethos of Bitcoin, decentralization and ultimately an efficient economy. Keeping with this principle, Xverse developed a simple and sustainable solution to the problem; make all NFT transfers on the Xverse wallet free of charge through sponsored transaction fees: www.nftsnotfees.com. The Own Your Crypto show is hosted by Elizabeth Olson joined by Ken Liao from Xverse, the most advanced Web3 Bitcoin wallet, with special episode guests Alex Miller, CEO of Hiro, all you need to build Bitcoin apps, Mark McKenzie, Founder of Megapont, an NFT community for pioneers, and Nick Sainato, Co-Founder of Gamma, a Bitcoin NFT marketplace and home for the world’s Web3 social identity.

NFT digital twins have become the next big play for luxury brands' adoption of blockchain technology. From Nike Cryptokicks to Breitling and Vacheron Constantin's ‘digital passport’ to Dolce & Gabbana’s Collezione Genesi—luxury manufacturers and consumers are benefiting in numerous ways from NFT 'twins' of physical products. Does this increase the value of luxury goods? Can this be achieved on the Bitcoin blockchain? We'll address all these questions, and more! The Own Your Crypto show is hosted by Elizabeth Olson joined by Ken Liao from Xverse, the most advanced Web3 Bitcoin wallet, with special episode guests Louise Nakamoto, Founder of Ryder, 'Jack, Founder, Momentify, and Amanda Cassatt, CEO of Serotonin, and former CMO of Consensys, where she brought Ethereum to market, launched the world's first NFT galleries, Ethereal Summit, as well as the Sotheby’s Metaverse.

Explore the immersive world of Crash Punks – one of the most prominent Bitcoin NFT collections – and take a look at how these communities are working towards becoming decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO's). The Own Your Crypto show is hosted by Elizabeth Olson joined by Ken Liao from Xverse, the most advanced Web3 Bitcoin wallet, with special episode guests Grace Ng, Founder of Crash Punks, Trevor Owens, Managing Partner at Stacks Startups and host of NFT Now, and Orlando Cosme, Co-Founder of StackerDAO Labs.

This month has seen an unprecedented surge in transaction volume for .btc Bitcoin decentralized identities i.e. "Bitcoin Name Spaces" (BNS), which resulted in a temporary network congestion on the Stacks blockchain. In this episode, we take a look at the bull case for .btc namespaces, the history of Bitcoin decentralized identities, and why crypto whales are secretly snatching them up under-radar. The Own Your Crypto show is hosted by Elizabeth Olson joined by Ken Liao from Xverse, the most advanced Web3 Bitcoin wallet, with special episode guests Nick Sainato and Jamil Dhanani from Gamma and BNS trader & digits enthusiast ΞxitLiquidity.

Recent studies show Bitcoin evolving as a top blockchain for NFTs. In this episode, we take a look at why NFTs are upgrading to Bitcoin with leaders from the original Bitcoin NFT marketplace as well as the creators behind the first Bitcoin NFT collection to bridge between Ethereum and Bitcoin. The Own Your Crypto show is hosted by Elizabeth Olson joined by Ken Liao from Xverse, the most advanced Web3 Bitcoin wallet, with special episode guests Nick Sainato from Gamma and Brian Laughlan from Satoshibles.

In order for DeFi to achieve mass adoption, we need the security and immutability that only Bitcoin can provide. In this episode, we’ve brought in an all-star lineup of Bitcoin DeFi thought leaders and builders to take a look at why investors are looking to Bitcoin DeFi, and how Stacks is making this possible. The Own Your Crypto show is hosted by Elizabeth Olson joined by Ken Liao from Xverse, the most advanced Web3 Bitcoin wallet, with special episode guests Chiente Hsu from Alex, Philip de Smedt from Arkadiko, Aki Balogh and Jesse Eisenberg from DLC.Link, and Tycho Onnasch from Zest Protocol.

Scams and fraud are increasingly prevalent in crypto. The good news is that it’s surprisingly easy to take a few simple steps to keep your assets secure.  In this episode, we take a look at security in the Stacks ecosystem, tips for how to keep your crypto safe, future improvements and integrations, and more!  The Own Your Crypto show is hosted by Elizabeth Olson joined by Ken Liao from Xverse, the most advanced Web3 Bitcoin wallet, with special guests Louise Ivan from Ryder, the world's first social wallet, Chris Castig and David Leiberman from Multisafe, a shared crypto wallet for managing Stacks (STX) and Bitcoin, and Mark Hendrickson from Hiro Systems, building developer tools for Bitcoin.